advice on puppy vacations plz

[BigsimonY]

so when to give them, what to give them, and cost

[B17NNS]

Gleneagles is lovely.

Cost wise, it's an extra £50 per night.

Edited by B17NNS on Sunday 17th November 19:35

[Mr.Chips]

Try sending it to the Isle of Dogs for a fortnight!

[Rumple]

Mine cost 40 quid 6 months ago, then an extra 25 for a Parvo one, unless you really do want to send your dog on holiday.

[kVA]

Mine went to Dublin, Cornwall, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg and Belgium - all before she was 12 weeks old - she loved them all

(Oh and the vaccinations were half the price in France, compared to here)

[bexVN]

There are variations depending on risk assessment (ie pup in high risk area of Parvo so vaccines at 6 weeks)and breed type (black and tan breeds sometimes need a Parvo top up jab at 16-20 weeks)but the basic info is 8 weeks fir 1st injury and 2nd vaccine given at 10 weeks, then they can go out for walks at 12 weeks.

If he is older than 8 weeks then the gap for the 2 injections must be a minimum of 2 weeks, the 2nd vaccination shouldn't be given any earlier than 10 weeks old!

The vaccines cover Distemper, Parvovirus, Parainfluenza, Hardpad, Leptospirosis.

Costs vary. We charge £57.96 for the 2 injections. There will be cheaper but with us you get a 15-30 minute appt with a very (discretion depending if client first time pet owner etc) followed by a 20 min appt with a nurse. Some corporate vets will be much cheaper and if you just want a jab and be done, they'd be your option. If you want time, personal touch etc a private vets maybe best option if cost not such a worry)

Hope that helps.....even if you are looking for a vacation for your pup (sorry, had to be said!)

Edited by bexVN on Sunday 17th November 21:41

[badboyburt]

Visit the vets at Pets At Home, great service and prices.

[Silent1]

badboyburt said:

Visit the vets at Pets At Home, great service and prices.

really?
i would have thought the vets in a chain store company would be the lowest paid worst vets you could find as there's really no incentive to work for them i wouldn't have thought? Though i should imagine the quality varies massively, the same with the village vet group, i had a friend use them once, never again, the kitten clearly had FIP but they were wanting to do test after test, it was only when i said something did they put it down, it was horrific.
Although to be fair it's pretty hard to find a good vet and when you do you stick to them, we travel 40 or so miles for our small animal vet but she's awesome.

Edited by Silent1 on Sunday 17th November 23:36

[bob bobbleton]

We always leave ours at home

I can't seem to arrange to take them on the plane with us

Having said that we always leave them in a good family friends home, never a dogs home...

Am I missing something or doing alright ?

Thanks bob

[otolith]

Our vet routinely does three. We have a health club setup which means we get all jabs, check ups, flea control and worming for a monthly fee.

The bogeyman that scares the crap out of you with a puppy is parvo. Puppies usually have some temporary immunity from their mother's first milk. The parvo vaccine is usually a modified live virus, and won't take if the dog has immunity at the time of vaccination. It's hard to predict when natural immunity will wear off, hence multiple shots spaced some time apart - it isn't that they will get more immunity from repeated shots, rather that the previous ones may not have worked at all.

[BigsimonY]

Ah the joy of fat fingers,Google auto correct and bad spelling.

[gd49]

Silent1 said:

really?
i would have thought the vets in a chain store company would be the lowest paid worst vets you could find as there's really no incentive to work for them i wouldn't have thought? Though i should imagine the quality varies massively, the same with the village vet group, i had a friend use them once, never again, the kitten clearly had FIP but they were wanting to do test after test, it was only when i said something did they put it down, it was horrific.
Although to be fair it's pretty hard to find a good vet and when you do you stick to them, we travel 40 or so miles for our small animal vet but she's awesome.

Edited by Silent1 on Sunday 17th November 23:36

Vet surgeries within Pets at Home are joint venture partnerships, so the head vet will own the practice in a similar way to a franchise. Any other vets will be employed by the head vet, but that's similar to many vet practices.

[badboyburt]

gd49 said:

Silent1 said:

really?
i would have thought the vets in a chain store company would be the lowest paid worst vets you could find as there's really no incentive to work for them i wouldn't have thought? Though i should imagine the quality varies massively, the same with the village vet group, i had a friend use them once, never again, the kitten clearly had FIP but they were wanting to do test after test, it was only when i said something did they put it down, it was horrific.
Although to be fair it's pretty hard to find a good vet and when you do you stick to them, we travel 40 or so miles for our small animal vet but she's awesome.

Edited by Silent1 on Sunday 17th November 23:36

Vet surgeries within Pets at Home are joint venture partnerships, so the head vet will own the practice in a similar way to a franchise. Any other vets will be employed by the head vet, but that's similar to many vet practices.

This, the vet simply rents floorspace, I found them to be polite and non arrogant like vets we have used in the past for our pets, they just presumed we where thick and looked down at us, the vet at the store we registered our new puppy at was friendly, polite, very informative and took time to discuss certain things with us, something a lot of vets dont seem to do.